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Graphic Design Worksheet: Principles of Design

Animation and design lesson 10: Principles of design · Set 384 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (How to arrange it): Contrast = strong differences; alignment = lined-up edges; repetition = the same styles again. Proximity = related things close together; balance = even visual weight. Hierarchy = the most important thing biggest and first.

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  1. 1.📐 Which design principle is this: “left edges lined up”? (a) balance (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  2. 2.📐 Which design principle is this: “related items grouped”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) repetition (d) alignment
  3. 3.True or false: “white words on black” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.📐 Which design principle is this: “white words on black”? (a) contrast (b) proximity (c) alignment (d) hierarchy
  5. 5.True or false: “a bright button on grey” shows contrast. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: “pictures in a neat line” shows alignment. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.📐 Lining things up along the same edge is … (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  8. 8.📐 Which design principle is this: “a centred, even layout”? (a) contrast (b) alignment (c) balance (d) proximity
  9. 9.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) white words on black (b) a bright button on grey (c) related items grouped (d) dark text on light paper
  10. 10.📐 Pale yellow text on a white page is hard to read. It needs more … (a) contrast (b) repetition (c) alignment (d) proximity
  11. 11.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) one border on all pages (b) matching heading styles (c) caption close to photo (d) repeated bullet icons
  12. 12.📐 Which principle makes the most important thing the biggest? (a) hierarchy (b) repetition (c) proximity (d) alignment
  13. 13.Which of these shows contrast? (a) caption close to photo (b) contact details together (c) small print for details (d) dark text on light paper
  14. 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the title is the largest (b) both halves feel equal (c) a mirror-image layout (d) a centred, even layout
  15. 15.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a mirror-image layout (b) a centred, even layout (c) dark text on light paper (d) both halves feel equal
  16. 16.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) left edges lined up (b) a mirror-image layout (c) a centred, even layout (d) both halves feel equal
  17. 17.📐 Which design principle is this: “both halves feel equal”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) proximity
  18. 18.True or false: “matching heading styles” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: “related items grouped” shows balance. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) repeated bullet icons (b) matching heading styles (c) most important first (d) one border on all pages
  21. 21.Which of these shows balance? (a) both halves feel equal (b) small print for details (c) the title is the largest (d) repeated bullet icons
  22. 22.Which of these shows repetition? (a) white words on black (b) matching heading styles (c) contact details together (d) pictures in a neat line
  23. 23.📐 Which design principle is this: “a bright button on grey”? (a) alignment (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) contrast
  24. 24.Which of these shows hierarchy? (a) small print for details (b) a centred, even layout (c) captions on a grid (d) a bright button on grey
  25. 25.📐 Which design principle is this: “one border on all pages”? (a) proximity (b) balance (c) hierarchy (d) repetition
  26. 26.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these shows proximity? (a) contact details together (b) dark text on light paper (c) left edges lined up (d) pictures in a neat line
  28. 28.📐 Using the same fonts and colours on every page is … (a) repetition (b) proximity (c) contrast (d) balance
  29. 29.📐 Which design principle is this: “matching heading styles”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) proximity (d) repetition
  30. 30.True or false: “left edges lined up” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these shows repetition? (a) pictures in a neat line (b) related items grouped (c) one border on all pages (d) black text on yellow
  32. 32.Which of these shows repetition? (a) dark text on light paper (b) related items grouped (c) a centred, even layout (d) repeated bullet icons
  33. 33.True or false: “black text on yellow” shows alignment. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: “small print for details” shows hierarchy. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “repeated bullet icons” shows repetition. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.📐 Which design principle is this: “black text on yellow”? (a) alignment (b) hierarchy (c) balance (d) contrast
  37. 37.📐 Which design principle is this: “most important first”? (a) hierarchy (b) alignment (c) repetition (d) balance
  38. 38.True or false: “contact details together” shows proximity. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) both halves feel equal (b) matching heading styles (c) repeated bullet icons (d) one border on all pages
  40. 40.Which of these shows contrast? (a) captions on a grid (b) repeated bullet icons (c) white words on black (d) one border on all pages

Answer key

  1. alignment
  2. proximity
  3. True
  4. contrast
  5. True
  6. True
  7. alignment
  8. balance
  9. related items grouped
  10. contrast
  11. caption close to photo
  12. hierarchy
  13. dark text on light paper
  14. the title is the largest
  15. dark text on light paper
  16. left edges lined up
  17. balance
  18. False
  19. False
  20. most important first
  21. both halves feel equal
  22. matching heading styles
  23. contrast
  24. small print for details
  25. repetition
  26. False
  27. contact details together
  28. repetition
  29. repetition
  30. True
  31. one border on all pages
  32. repeated bullet icons
  33. False
  34. True
  35. True
  36. contrast
  37. hierarchy
  38. True
  39. both halves feel equal
  40. white words on black

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